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The O2 is going to be the best place to be this Christmas as on top of the fantastic shows, such as Peter Pan, they have created a winter fairytale with rides and a traditional German Christmas Market.Christmas Fair at The O2 is on from 21 November 2009 to 3 January 2010 and is indoors and out so you can visit whatever the (Read More)
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Rhodes W1 Brasserie and Bar, located at the front of the Cumberland Hotel, is a stylish venue to meet for a drink or light meal. It's a large space with a funky feel but it's not 'neon-modern'. There's excellent service and cuisine is Modern European with a British twist.I went to the launch party earlier this week and real (Read More)
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The Trafalgar Square Christmas tree lighting ceremony is on Thursday 3 December 2009 in the early evening (normally 6pm). There will be carol singing by the tree from Monday 7 December - Sunday 20 December 2009 and the tree will stay until Tuesday 5 January 2010.The people of Norway have given us a Christmas tree every year (Read More)
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It appears not everyone knows that most of London is closed on 25 December. I've heard from a few readers who are trying to plan where to have a Christmas Day meal as many places they've contacted will not be open. Fear not as I've called all of these restaurants and can confirm they are open on Christmas Day. There are var (Read More)
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Gilgamesh is a pan-Asian restaurant and bar in The Stable Markets in Camden. It's glamorous, contemporary and a really cool place for a night out. And the cocktails are fantastic! Not sure about the Enya tunes in their website though...Have you been to Gilgamesh? Add your review here...Further Resources Gilgamesh Camden Top (Read More)
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I've said it before and I'll say it again, dim sum is one of the genuine - and depressingly rare - gourmet bargains of London. Yesterday at Dragon Castle, a cavernous and clattering space on the otherwise bleak Walworth Road, six of us worked our way through 26 individual plates of dim sum, as well as three huge servings of (Read More)
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Criterion Restaurant in London's Piccadilly has a sumptuous neo-Byzantine decor which never fails to impress. The Criterion first opened in 1874 and is still a popular romantic venue with Modern European cuisine.Have you dined here? (I plan to!) You can add your review to the Criterion Restaurant page. Criterion Restaurant (Read More)
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If you are a vegetarian in London you really don't often have cause to complain about dining options. Of course that's the kind of presumptuous, blanket statement that's very easy to make as a carnivore, but really - even aside from the 100% vegetarian places (of which there are a healthy smattering), the vast majority of o (Read More)
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Cafe Below is the cafeteria located in the crypt of Sir Christopher Wren's famous St. Mary-le-Bow church, in the heart of the City of London, home to the famous Bow Bells.A lot has changed since I reviewed this cafe as The Place Below in 2007. Cafe Below is no longer vegetarian and now serves meat and fish alongside their e (Read More)
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The BBC Good Food Shows are packed with top TV chefs, including Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver and James Martin, local and seasonal produce and hundreds of exhibitors bringing you tasty treats to try and to buy. Taking place in the run up to Christmas, the BBC Good Food Shows will bring you everything you need for wining, dini (Read More)
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Friends have been telling me to go to Tibits for ages and I eventually got round to visiting a few weekends ago after a West End shopping spree.I have had to update the Top 10 London Vegetarian Restaurants as Tibits had to fit in there as it was fantastic. Healthy, fresh food at a reasonable price can be hard to find in the (Read More)
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US readers will probably be familiar with MenuPages.com, an online restaurant and menu resource. Well they've realized we like to travel and have launched in the London, specifically for visitors. London.MenuPages.com provides full listings and menus for a curated selection of restaurants chosen by a local MenuPages ambassa (Read More)
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A colleague asked me where he could buy perfume in London and, apart from the obvious department stores, I really didn't know. With some research I found Pia Long who was an immense help in choosing these London perfume shops. Pia is a trainee perfumer for B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful and created the London Perfumery Go (Read More)
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Luxury five star hotel, The Langham London is offering diners a chance to win a trip to Lapland, the home of St Nicholas.Diners who make reservations for 4 or more persons in either The Landau, the hotel's award wining restaurant, or The Langham's Carriage Rooms, its private dining rooms for up to 40 persons, between 23 Nov (Read More)